Music videos.

A music video is an advertisement for a song.
A promo for a song.

Barthes- Codes.

Levi-strauss- Binary oppositions.

France Gall- Laisse tomber les filles (1964).

• Long close up shots.
• She's not dancing.
• Has an uncomfortable vibe.
• Not much editing.
• No outfit changes.

Rebecca- Vanity Angel (1989).

• Americanised.
• focuses on aesthetic.

Pulp- This is hard core.

• When his couched in the middle surrounded by women- metaphor for his being trapped by porn.
• When his tied up in a chair- He mentally can untie himself from porn.
• His sweaty which  makes the audience feel uncomfortable and what he feels about himself from watching porn.

Aphex Twin- Windowlicker.

• Atypical mise en scene of the women.
• The video is 11 mins long because it needs to attract an audience.
• Mise en scene of setting and strange women creates a binary opposition.
• Critique of how women are sexualised in hip-hop music videos.

Benny Benassi- Satisfaction.

• Symbolic code for sex.
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